Frankie Edgar: Interim just really a no.1 contender bout
Frankie Edgar: “This is really not an interim title, it’s really more a number one contender fight. The winner gets to fight Aldo when he’s healthy.”
Frankie Edgar recently appeared on Inside MMA and talked about the upcoming featherweight interim title fight between Conor McGregor and Jose Aldo, stating that the winner really isn’t the champion, just a number one contender:
“Early on when I heard that [Jose Aldo] was injured we threw our hat in and said, you know, we would be willing to step in. [The UFC] decided to go with Chad [Mendes] for that role. I think the explanation was that he was the number one contender, I was two at the time. You know those are kind of finicky the rankings. I think after he got the nod I think the new rankings came out and I was number one and neither of us fought so… it’s kind of a tough spot. It’s not the most favorable situation either. I mean Chad’s coming in and taking this fight on 17 days notice so that’s no easy task. But, I would’ve liked to get the nod over Chad. But, what are you gonna do. I don’t really know. I think we’re going to see what happens on the 11th. I’m not just going to sit around and wait for the winner to fight Aldo. This is really not an interim title, it’s really more a number one contender fight. The winner gets to fight Aldo when he’s healthy. With Aldo you just don’t know when he’s going to be healthy so maybe I can get a fight with one of them, the winner, before that. I think a lot of things gotta kind of come together and see how they pan out and take it from there.”